Walter was slightly taken aback when he heard this.
"What did you say just now?"
"I said, cancel the wedding!"
Deborah was so anxious that she was sweating profusely. Thus, Walter knew that something bad happened when he saw her confused and anxious gaze.
After all, Walter knew Deborah, and he was well aware of how much Deborah was looking forward to this wedding. Therefore, she would only say something like this because there was a problem she couldn't solve.
Thus, Walter started thinking about the possible reasons as to why Deborah was acting this way.
"I've found them!"
Suddenly, he found her shoes, so he lifted them happily.
The crowd burst into cheers instantly when they saw this.
On the other hand, the makeup artist saw that Walter didn't delay the wedding. Furthermore, Deborah didn't manage to say much to him when she had lowered her head. Therefore, after thinking back about how Walter had found the shoes quickly, the makeup artist was relieved as she knew that Deborah didn't have time to do anything else.
Meanwhile, Deborah was a bundle of nerves right now!
Perhaps did Walter not hear what she had said?
She had asked him to cancel the wedding! What was the deal with this man? How could he still lift these shoes so happily?
Deborah squeezed her fists tightly at this thought.
After Walter found the shoes, he got down on one knee and began to put on the shoes for Deborah.
When he got down on one knee, he said affectionately out of the blue, "My dear, are you willing to put on the shoes and marry me? From now on, we will go through thick and thin together, and you'll be the most precious person to me from now on! I know that I am not perfect, but I will try my best to be the perfect husband for you. I will pamper you so that you feel like a princess, and I'll make sure that you'll never be sad. In the future, you will never regret marrying me. So, may I take you in my arms now?"
His words and actions were really unexpected, so everyone in the hall was stunned.
Suddenly, Deborah felt upset after hearing what he had said.
This was the marriage vow she had waited for since forever, and this was also the romantic proclamation that she had wanted from him. If nothing had happened to her father, she would have accepted his promises easily. But, how could she answer him now?
Once she left the house with Walter, she knew that they could no longer be as romantic as they used to be.
At this thought, Deborah suddenly couldn't hold back her emotions, and tears started falling down her cheeks.
"I don't want..."
Deborah was about to say that she wasn't willing to marry Walter, but the makeup artist stepped forward and stopped her.
"Oh, no! The bride is so excited that her makeup is ruined! Mr. Song, let me fix it for her first."
The makeup artist was about to step forward as she spoke, but Walter stopped her.
"Can't you see that I'm proposing to my bride? She is shedding tears of happiness, so why are you interrupting us? Get lost!"
Walter looked upset and even a bit murderous as he scolded the makeup artist.
Walter had been acting like a playboy and flirting around with different women all this while. However, he was once a soldier that had taken multiple lives on the battlefield. Therefore, the murderous aura he emitted filled the room, and it was as if the temperature inside the room had dropped drastically as well.
On the other hand, the makeup artist felt as if his murderous aura was choking her, and she could barely breathe right now!
After all, she had always looked down on Walter. She felt that Nathaniel had always been protecting him because he was Mango's cousin. To put it bluntly, he was simply a dandy, but she knew that she had made a mistake by thinking this way now.
Walter was like a hunter bidding for time. He would normally appear to be calm and harmless, but she couldn't fight back against him now because he was currently exuding such a murderous aura!
"Mr. Song, I just want to do fix the bride's makeup!"
The makeup artist said meekly.
"I love everything about my wife no matter how she looks like! Get out of here!"
Everyone was surprised to see how Walter disrespected the makeup artists, but he didn't care about what others thought. Instead, he turned to look at Deborah and said fondly, "Sweetie pie, come with me. I'll bring you home now."
After saying that, he put the shoes directly on her feet and scooped her into his arms.
"I'm heading home with my wife! Let's go, my comrades!"
Walter shouted at the top of his lungs like the sailors at sea, and his best man and a few bachelors followed suit.
"Let's go! They're getting married!"
After all, all of them left together as they held up Deborah in their arms.
Meanwhile, Deborah grabbed onto Walter's collar as she had mixed feelings. She was relieved as she had married the right person, but now she was in a dilemma.
"Walter, Bernard's men kidnapped my father and threatened me by asking me to kill Mano during the wedding. Otherwise, they would kill my father instead! I don't want to make you my enemy, so please... just cancel our wedding. Urgh! I don't want a wedding anymore! Boohoo!"
Deborah sobbed in a low voice as she laid on Walter's shoulder.
Meanwhile, people were cheering around them, so none of them heard their conversation. They only saw that Deborah's eyes were brimming with tears, so they thought that the bride was crying out of joy.
Hence, the atmosphere around them was still bright and lively because of the wedding.
Walter stiffened for a moment before he said with a smile, "You are the bride today. Everyone in Ocean City has their eyes on you, and some girls even envy you for marrying me. Therefore, my wife deserves to be in the limelight. It's okay, don't cry, or you'll look ugly! No matter what happens today, I'm here for you. So, today, you're marrying me for sure!"
"But what about Mango..."
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